[The righteous path of incense offerings, god-slaying revenge, a powerful heroine]
Yao Li, imperial princess of the ancient Cangming Kingdom, willingly sacrificed herself to forge a divine sword that would protect her country and help her elder brother, Lin Yuan, defeat the enemy.
But Lin Yuan, who was in love with the enemy nation's female general, Zhao Hua, betrayed his country on the battlefield and surrendered.
Even more absurdly, the Heavenly Dao praised them for saving the world and granted them ascension together, to enjoy the worship of generations to come.
Yao Li's soul endured, her hatred burning to the heavens as she watched her flesh and blood become the stepping stone that sent the treacherous couple to immortality.
“What a fine savior of the world! What a fair and just Heavenly Dao!”
Five hundred years later, she was reborn as Yun Li, a servant disciple of the Qingyun Sect.
The day her memories returned, a mysterious ancient cauldron inside her suddenly began to roar.
“Gather a million incense offerings to forge a divine body, condense a divine nature, reach the Heavenly Dao, and reshape the universe!”
From then on, a Goddess of Deliverance appeared in the mortal world.
When floods raged, she rode the waves and slew demons;
when war ravaged the land, she shielded the people from trampling hooves;
when plague spread, she used incense offerings to cleanse the filth;
when the gates of hell collapsed, drought demons brought disaster, evil spirits bewitched hearts, famine spread, vengeful ghosts swarmed, and the demon kingdom invaded, she defied the heavens and bore the calamities, fighting for a sliver of hope for all living things.
The stronger her incense offerings grew, the more unbreakable her divine body became.
High above the Nine Heavens, that divine couple still looked down on the world, unaware that
The imperial princess they had once sacrificed was now ascending step by step, carrying the power of a million prayers.
“The day my incense offerings make me a god will be the day you fall.”
“This time, for the people, for the loyal souls, and for myself, I'll defy the heavens and slay the gods to set the world right!”
The word "incense" is unlucky.
The premise suggests the female lead is a saint.